Bush was the one who bailed out the banks in late '08 (TARP). Obama only bailed out the car companies in Detroit. And regardless of who it was, the bailout was necessary because ordinary Americans would have lost their money and suffered most. The OccupyWallStreetMovement is aimed at preventing those banks from earning record profits by fucking consumers right after those consumers bailed them out.
lol they think "they are getting kicked out of their homes." it's not YOUR home you fucking retards. you agreed to a mortgage that you couldn't fulfill. you deserve to be cleansed.
Goldman Sachs bet that people wouldn't be able to fulfil the terms of their mortgage, people desperate to achieve independence agreed to mortgages that were in some cases fraudulent (not revealing the true terms) and in other cases based on predictions that required infinite growth of the economy. Our debt based economy collapses and the people that bet on it make stacks and achieve government positions - we have infinite liability, they have champagne.
really? How about occupy the welfare office which created the gangbangers. How about occupy dept of education which created lousy programs. How about occupy the DEA along with the drug laws that screwed over 2 generations of blacks in this country.
34 O WALL STREET, WALL STREET, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'
I have to be honest. I can't stand anyone who would replace our capitalism with socialism or communism. In order for us to remain FREE, we are going to have to start doing the right things as individuals! You, I'm proud to say, are not actually the 99% . You are probly around 10&. And compaired to the rest of the world, you are the 1%. Jones is using you to further his agenda.
@taverned First of all, it's not socialism, or communism. Having regulation isn't an afront to capitalism. Second, rights as individuals? What an ignorant cunt you are. What about the right to decent education, to proper living conditions, to socialy consistent trial? Do you have any idea what the poverty situation is like in America is like. Were talking about the freedom to exploit, to oppress. By your logic there should be no laws, why not make theft legal?
@malanare What a disgusting whiny pig you are. Right to education and living conditions? Where? Yet you idiots whine that we dont have a right to travel excusing the TSA. If you dont like where you live, work harder! Privilege, no?
How is having regulation helping companies like Apple or Microsoft? By forcing them to move to foreign countries where they can easily hire thousands of new workers without red tape.
Keep raising taxes, regulating business, and wonder why many are jobless.
@JewsInUranus Well so long as we're name calling you're a greasy cunt who fucks his mother and should kill himself. Second. I'm not whining, I have a great life. I just have compassion for others. Second work harder, yeah because that's all it takes right. Just work a little harder and all the private schools, tutors and ability to buy schoolbooks become redundant right. Third regulation saves an economy you stupid cunt. I'll tell you what i told the last retard who said this bullshit to me.
@JewsInUranus The problem is that when the richest citizens possess wealth they do one of three things. They put it in a bank where it festers, export it, or they purchase wants that require little retail and assembly meaning the wealth goes to other wealthy individuals.Since the money is no longer in the hands of the poor who spend it on goods that require retail and must supply in quantities relative their customers. Demand is removed, the jobs become redundant and the cycle worsens.
@JewsInUranus . Incidentally unregulated banks and business caused this recession, as did tax cuts for the rich. FACT. Tax cuts furthered the negative cycle and poor regulations aloud banks to bankrupt themselves and many others.
Oh and those companies go to third world countries because they’re THIRD WORLD RETARD, MEANS THEY HAVE LESS MONEY THAN FIRST WORLD CITICENS AND WILL WORK FOR LESS. There should be regulation on that too.
@JewsInUranus Oh and you say overlord but we've never even mentioned ANY left wing figures, more proof your a full of shit fanatic. You done wasting our time yet, there must be other ways you can embarress yourself.
@malanare wtf are you blabbering about? this video hosts one of the biggest left wing figures who are constantly trying to convince the masses that the rich, who are paying millions already, do not pay their fair share. it is regulation and subsidies that is keeping corporations powerful. remove government influence in corporations and you wont have corporatism. why did the bankers beg congress for a bail out? because theyre nicely paid pawns. keep blaming businesses and not congress.
@JewsInUranus Look you stupid cunt. I'm not whining just because you say I am, if anyone is it's the little bitch who dodges most of my points. Yes I have spent time helping the poor. Who helped them build it, duuhhhh I dun no the poor maybe. By doing the labor, and the purchasers, by buying the product. Provide some REASON for why regulation is keeping corporations powerful. oh and of course we're dealing with congress retard, that's why this fights politically fought retard
@JewsInUranus Yeah, I'm on the video. Doesn't mean I like him, you're on it too and clearly you don't (wow that's dumb even for you). But enough of this, to waste my time on you was a foolish move already. But now that you've proven unable to respond to my key points such as supply, and demand. I feel no more reason to waste my time on you. Since my need to debunk would take over i shan't even read your next spout of stupidity,
@malanare are you stupid? youre whining on about the rich and the poor. How many poor people have you actually met? Have you even spent any time helping the poor?
Are you kidding about the investment part? Who helped all these businesses to build the shit youre using today? You think higher minimum wage or taxes is going to help the poor? Theyre moving to not pay $30 for a job not even worth $15, and if you tax them more, you will feel the cost. Do you not understand this little fact?
WE SHOULD Tale UP ARMS against the Banks, and evil corporations, and IF a few republicans and ALL of the coo-coo Tea party got taken out, The USA WOULD BE BETTER OFF!!!
I like most of what Maher is saying about the movement, but it seems he's trying to make it into another right vs. left issue when it's really a people vs. banks/government issue.
Capitalism is the wage slavery of the working class in a politically manipulated, tyrannical MARKET SYSTEM OF ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY and distortions, to perpetuate wage-slavery/exploitation in the interest of the OWNING/RULING CLASS. A socio-economic modality of production for profit as the sole consideration with devastating consequences of perpetual war,enviornmental destructions,animal cruelty and sufffering a MINORITY IMPOSITION of fear,insecurity,devaluation and dehumanisation.
What I don't get is why Van Jones says all this crap about Banks being horrible (which is mostly true) yet he and the rest of Obama's administration were the ones who bailed them out two years ago.
Blame obama. do you have any idea how little power Van Jones had? he was the green energy guy in the white house. he didn't have shit to do with the economy. let alone even be allowed in the room for the wall street discussions.
@chefawkes still... he was part of the white house. You cannot come out and act like the banks are horrible when you are a part of the problem. I agree that Obama has more to do with it but still.
there is no "still". if he had NOTHING to do with it. why can't he complain about it? just cuz he worked in the W.H? so did the janitor. is he part of the problem to? you laugh and say of course not. janitor had no influence in the decision making. well thats my point. neither did Van Jones, or a hundred other government employees. so how can you say Van was a part of the problem but not the janitor?
@chefawkes you have no damn idea what Van Jones did in the White House.. czars have no one to overlook them that is why there was such an outcry about all the corrupt czars
his department was green jobs. that's all you need to know to understand he has absolutely nothing to do with wall street regulation or the bailouts. it's like blaming the cia director for the bailouts. does that make sense to you? tell me one thing. if you say we have no idea what Van did. why are you so quick to assume he had any influence with the wall street decisions. also, was the CIA director at fault for the bailouts too?
@Ccola3 Ok yes the banks are douchebags, but did anybody say a word when Bush did the first bailout. Yes it sad but Obama had to bailed those banks out because it would be a deperession people all over the world...not just here but global! Hell yes the bank dont give a damn but if you going to blame Obama for everything please look at Congress and The Senate before you blame Obama..I know everybody hates him but The Republican party is all about the wealthy continuing being wealthy at best
@Ccola3 That's how we found out how horrible they were. We gave them money to LOAN OUT and get the economy moviing. They took it all as bonuses. He actually explains it if you care to listen.
@GermanStraight1 I agree I do not think banks are as evil as many try to make them out to be, however, as you mentioned, more oversight is necessary. A system of checks and balances wouldn't hurt either.
The more i watch Bill Maher, the less respect i have for him. He believes that the republican party is for the rich, but fails to mention that the democratic party is for elitist and rich celebraties like himself who base there believes on tellling people what to do and dictating peoples lifes the way the left see fit. Bill Maher is full of crap and he appeals to the morons who can't put 2 and 2 together while making him richer. OCW, Maher part of the 1%, go protest on his front lawn.
Dudes....seriously.....A corrupt oligarchy is not Capitalism, it never was. Bailouts and "too big to fail"...this is capitalism?? Massive subsidies for agriculture and manufacturing??? Minimal government investment in economic infrastructure (where every other country recognises public health care as essential economic infrastructure)??? Wall Street is the scene of the crime, but the I think the protesters just want them to actually read "Wealth of Nations" and apply it.
Excuse me ...the man is a communist. Since when is communism OK in America. What is so American about it. Since when was communism associated with the dream. I always thought free enterprise was the dream. Not make it so they can take it. I made mine selling tye-dyes out of the trunk of my car. I liked keeping my money and choosing when and where to give my money away. The loss of freedom hard won to those who want to spend my money sickens me. We are the middle class.
@MrsPossumly Wtf communism? What's so un-american about equal taxes for all? What's so un-american about not letting corporate giants ruin the economy because of their moves? Like @caribearkiss said, capitalism does not have to equal corporate greed.
@MrsPossumly Since when were dissident ideas not ok in America. Well, since the Cold War I guess, but that's not the point. Point is, noone should be labelled un-American for professing a minority opinion. Point two is, communism is a rebellion against capitalism. This is a rebellion against a corrupt oligarchy, capitalists and communists should be allies against a greater enemy here, just like in WW2.
here form brazil!!! Jesus the co-founder of the REBUILD THE DREAM , VAN JONES , IS VEEERRY HOOOOT. ABOUT the subject, AMERICANS WAKE UP AND FIGHT KEEP ON REAL FIGHT ALWAYS TO SAVE YOUR NATIONS... but he´s damn hot!
how does greed really help u.s. citizens, anyone can become rich and wealthy and successful its possible. but those who achieve such success and power are always to scared to lose it. therefor it leads to them making decisions in favor of themselves, and this can only lead to a bad economy, bad politics, bad policies the list goes on. everyone has there hand out on wall street its all for the taking. but when you take and dont give back well ya you can figure that out i hope.
Shouldn't Anonymous target the real problem? The Internet? It puts us out of jobs through automation. IT guys put themselves out of jobs through automation as well. Why hire someone to sell a house, write a newspaper, sell music or DVDs, build a website or get a billboard when you can do everything for free on the net?
This is absolutely the best show I have ever seen from Bill Maher. At last, we 99% have somewhere to unite to express our desires - heaven knows our senators and representatives have deserted us. Thank you!!! And as for the anti-Christ? He's come and gone. That's why the country's in the shape it's in. His name was Ronald Reagan.
This is absolutely the best show I have ever seen from Bill Maher. At last, we 99% have somewhere to unite the express our desires - heaven knows our senators and representatives have deserted us. Thank you!!! And as for the anti-Christ? He's come and gone. That's why the country's in the shape it's in. His name was Ronald Reagan.
What is interesting to note, from some of the comments below, how many blame the government, you must realize that the government is big business, just look very closely at the congress who they and how they are being financed, including the President, his election campaign was the most expensive in american history , about 250-300 million dollars, and now look who payed, from there most of you will know what really the problem is. Thank you for reading it
6 month ago this progressive liberal Was telling us that Americans are like homer simpson. Now he's proving it right. With occupy wall street. He now has All his Simpsons on the march. Listen to the interviews with the protesters. They're lost confused following each other like a herd of cattle most don't know why is there is there?. They represent the prograssive marxist liberals or homers as there leaders like to call them. this guy could only work in the white house under obama.
It literally baffles me that the blame is totally on the right wing. How can no one see what's staring you directly in the face. GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM. I'm anarchist, but you lefties and righties both want the exact same thing - government power. One wants government to help business, the other wants government to help the poor. How about government shouldn't help anyone? These banksters would have already been punished had we not bailed them out.
WE NEED NEW LAWS THAT PROTECT US FROM OUR CITY,STATE AND GOVERNMENT....AS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LAWS TO PROTECT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM THE U.S. PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT THE KIDS ARE OUR FUTURE....WHY DONT WE START TO VOTE THE OLD GOATS OUT AND THE KIDS OF THE FUTURE INTO GOVERNMENT NOW!!! THATS WHY WE ARE NEVER GOING TO GET ANYWHERE WITH THESE OLD GOATS WHO ARE RUINNING OUR COUNTRY AND THEY PROTECT WALL STREET AND THEIR RICH FRIENDS.OUR RIGHTS ARE GOING DOWN THE DRAIN HERE!
i would die a happy man if Van Jones and Bill Maher were both infected with cancerous,bleeding rectal warts that eat their assholes ----inside out...and leave them to die long....slow deaths
@gelberd Bill gives Obama and the Dems shit too. He just knows the Reps are bigger targets for comedy. Seriously, watch Real Time more often- he goes after the Dems a lot.
Van Jones is a lying dick and Bill Maher is a big ass so they need to go fuck each other!And Obama is the one that keeps giving the banks money so go talk to hem!!
These people knew what they were doing, they tricked people into more debt, then eliminated any means to pay such debt, and further forced them from their homes. Just to make a buck and push more people into slavery. WTG land of the free...
Wow.. I can't believe how blind and deaf some people are. You really think people just bought houses they couldn't pay for? I tried to buy a house during that period and guess what.. my credit was fine. I just didn't make enough money(luckily for me). It's not like they just handed out loans to anyone. The problem is they sold those loans (multiple times) doubling peoples mortgages. And at the same time cut peoples jobs forcing them to spend any savings and now find work at a fraction of a price
My Momma Says Obama', aims to refocus attention to the restoration of the American Dream that was once a possibility for all, but was stolen by years of selfish politics. The American Dream is the umbrella for a variety of themes including the demise of the Peace Movement, our militaristic foreign policy, urban violence, and our growing environmental crisis.
Bad loans were issued, foolish people grabbing for a small piece of the American dream stupudly took them. Stupidity and greed are not the same. To say peopke trying to get a sliver, a piece of the pie is again dismisdive and allowing the theives who got rich off the initial loans off the hook. They DELIBERSTELY created loans they knew would eventually default but they also knew in that sunrise moment THEY would make a fortune. Ans u have nerve to call hopefuls at home ownership greedy? Fck u
Occupy wall is a very young group with a few theatrical types but it is becoming old people, unions everyone. Saying they are all smelly hippies is a lame attempt to be dismissive.
Metrozolelectricity, grow up, wake up .....your cousin is a cfo or ceo for Goldman Sachs or Bank of America? Didn't think so. You are missing the point. And the people who ran their corporations into the ground have been rewarded with mega millions in pay and bonuses while the loans to stimulate small business or create jobs....didn't happen. That $ is essentially lining the wallets of the people who screwed up to begin with. Or in offshore accts. NIKE ceo made 85% more last year via slave labor
My cousin is an investment banker on wallstreet ... he goes to work at 7 am and comes back 3am. This routine continues over the weekend. If he's making a lot of money then he deserves it.... he came out of the middle-class, graduated ivy league on scholarship while working part-time in the cafeteria, so I think he deserves his wealth. Whereas you lazy hippies just want to sit around and do nothing and then as for everything... losers.
@MetrazolElectricity AWWWWW He was middle class you say???? Went to University while working part time???? THERE ARE FUCKING ACTUAL ADULTS WHO HAVE WORKED 25+ YEARS TO HAVE A HOME AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING THEIR HOMES FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN WHICH THE BANKS CAUSED BUT IT'S OK BEAUSE YOU'RE WANKER OF A COUSIN'S BANK WANTS AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY JUST USE THE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AND STILL GET PAID!! Fuck you and you're cousin. Cheers Van!
@MetrazolElectricity AWWWWW He was middle class you say???? Went to University while working part time???? THERE ARE FUCKING ACTUAL ADULTS WHO HAVE WORKED 25+ YEARS TO HAVE A HOME AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING THEIR HOMES FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN WHICH THE BANKS CAUSED BUT IT'S OK BEAUSE YOU'RE WANKER OF A COUSIN'S BANK WANTS AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY JUST USE THE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AND STILL GET PAID!! Fuck you and you're cousin. Cheers Van!
@heylookurdead lol , I think it was utterly the fault of those myopic idiots who didn't have enough money for a home but had a greed to own one. In their lust for property, they took out loans which later turned out to be faulty. Now they are out on the streets and protesting against greed on wallstreet. Personally, I have no sympathy for such hypocritical vermin. I'm almost moved to gloat in their misery. If they'd actually worked hard, applied themselves, they'd have succeeded in life. period.
@MetrazolElectricity your just a casual youtube purveyor, who is completely ignorant of the situation to which applies to the content of this video. Yet you talk like your a cetified veteran of the entire debacle. Your an ignorant, disconnected narrowminded fool. it is however your right to say it, but dont expect anyone to take what you say as anything with merit or rational thought.
@pandaman77 Au contraire, those hoodlums who are marinating on the streets of nyc are oblivious to the situation. I'm a senior student of economics so I do have some say on the matter. I think that sure there was some form of sly deception in the mortgage securities of the pre-08 period. But remember, nothing strictly illegal was done. If these knuckleheads had any competency in simple understanding of APRs,time value of money, read the fine print, they wouldn't have screwed themselves over.
@MetrazolElectricity What about the fact that 73% of trading on the stock market was done by HFT, by computers, or that the Fed is owned by five or six major banks, what about all the corruption, your must have gone to university and been brain washed if you can't see the debt is unpayable and no matter how much the government cuts back we will have to change the system because it will collapse.What about the 600 trillion of fake ''bets'' floating around the system, that could also collapse it?
@MetrazolElectricity your wrong, its that simple, the banks sent each other e-mails calling the loans ''shit'', they knew exactly what they where doing, if it is legal, then it should not of been, just like anything that can collapse the whole system again, you will bail them out this time? nearly every advanced economy is broke, it is impossible, the size of the lie is just being revealed now, as the Eurozone fails, as everyone starts to default and the shock waves go into the flawed system.
@MetrazolElectricity your wrong, its that simple, the banks sent each other e-mails calling the loans ''shit'', they knew exactly what they where doing, if it is legal, then it should not of been, just like anything that can collapse the whole system again, you will bail them out this time? nearly every advanced economy is broke, it is impossible, the size of the lie is just being revealed now, as the Eurozone fails, as everyone starts to default and the shock waves go into the flawed system.
@MetrazolElectricity well wall street banker whose in their bubble filled with hey if you can take advantage of people and get away with it, cause it doesnt affect them in the long run gas go. go troll somewhere else
@pandaman77 an analyst/associate's job is to follow the commands of the big guys to the hilt, you idiot. he doesn't frame company strategy or policy... you people are illiterate to the things you hate. bob dylan once said "don't criticize what you cant understand"... he forgot to end it with ",you little left-wing shit"
@pandaman77 an analyst/associate's job is to follow the commands of the big guys to the hilt, you idiot. he doesn't frame company strategy or policy... you people are illiterate to the things you hate. bob dylan once said "don't criticize what you cant understand"... he forgot to end it with ",you little left-wing shit"
@MetrazolElectricity this convo is over since you had to resort to misdirection to keep it going, since you cant address the points i bring up then ive won the arguement and that means your wrong.
@pandaman77 left-wing street urchin... if its more money you want just go find work. why are you holding up your hands? ok, i'll give you $5 to shut your racket, pack your bags and go home.
@MetrazolElectricity people like you are the reason humanity is on the decline... stop trying to prove your worth a damn, no one cares. I just hope you realise this for your sake. save the five bucks were in a recession your gonna need that.
@pandaman77 what the fuck you talking about? If it weren't for productive members of society like me then you wouldn't have your computer or internet. It takes people with ruthless unforgiving determination and competitiveness to succeed and these leftist pansies just want a free lunch from wallstreet. And fuck $5 man, I buy hundreds worth apparel from Ralph Lauren, Vineyard Vines etc. My parents are doctors and I've already got a job offer from a consulting firm. Life is good. Recession my ass
@MetrazolElectricity the context of your life has no place in the debate about wall street, no one cares if you buy ralph lauren or if you call yourself lauren. How about you stop trying to smokescreen the fact that you cant add intelligently to the topic of debate. All you want to do is spout off posturative bullshit, get down to real facts and proof or get out of the debate. if your so successful and so smart and so awesome prove it with facts, not your ego.
@pandaman77 lol you advised me to save my $5 hence I told you that I really don't have to. And this evasive bullshit make-a-point make-a-point , man I've seen a thousand hacks just like you use these cowardly tactics. You couldn't see a point if it was infront of your lazy face. I've already declaimed that in this land of opportunity, any man can scale the highest corporate mountain if he works hard. If you hate America so much, go to Africa or some other shithole and try to protest there
@MetrazolElectricity ego ego ego is that the only place you find inspiration for typing a comment? and if you really were as successful as you say you wouldnt be debating with what you call a nobody on youtube. and since you claim to have seen thousands of people like me that means your even more of a deadbeat than you claim i am. you must have earned your stripes trolling here on youtube good job sir. i see why your so successful as you claim.
@pandaman77 Ego is the driving force behind this tomfoolery that the left is staging in wall street. Just a group of lazy attention-seekers who don't have the spark in their competitive spirit to succeed in life. Don't waste my time further, sloth.
@MetrazolElectricity ive known people who have had this "spark" in their spirit to succeed yet because of how greedy wallstreet and coporations can be, she was forced to forget her competitive spirit. the reason for this is simple. colleges, just like wall street, are greedy to the point she(along with millions of others) cant afford to go through college and be stuck with a shit load of loans. So ya if the world wasnt so greedy, anyone could indeed become just as successful as wallstreet.
@pandaman77 In college, I knew a kid from Zimbabwe who when he came to this country for an education on scholarship hardly had enough money for shampoo, right now he's working in Goldman Sachs. He worked furiously like 14hour-study days, prepared thoroughly for interviews, made contacts by himself and succeeded. If some with that kinda initial disadvantage can make on wall street, US citizens with our first world benefits can. You guys just don't have passion and creativity...You can't be helped
@MetrazolElectricity this is the problem, your to in love with wall street. since your part of this love affair, your weakness is this and it forces you to defend somnething youve been raised to believe is good. saying anyone can become successful isnt the point, no ones jealous of anyone on wall street, wall street is a toxic partner in its relationship with u.s citizens. sure you can point to individual things wall street does good, but why would anyone want to become like wall street, greedy.
@pandaman77 On the contrary, most of those indolent vegetables protesting are absolutely burning with jealousy.I assure you if a genie game any one of them the choice: wallstreet reforms that fix all problems of inequity OR billion dollars for them and status quo; they'd pick the latter. Anyway, you're making bogus assumptions like "raised to believe is good"...Yeah at 4 years,kids rhyme "twinkle twinkle little star,i hope the rich win the class war" ... whatever,man. You're just prejudiced.
@MetrazolElectricity its funny that you choose the parts of my comment where i "prejudged" you to respond to, instead of addressing the real overall point of my comment. good job you must be keep your ADD under control. just admit wall street does far less good than bad for this country at the moment. wall street is like a con artist, they will say and do whatevers necessary to get money.
I suggest you watch this video of a day trader on BBCNews: watch?v=AQn-uDq78-A&feature=share
He outright says that he has been dreaming for three years about a recession... they WANT a recession because if you play your cards right you can make a lot of money off of it. It happened with the depression. His other quote: "Governments don't rule the world... Goldman Sachs rules the world." While I appreciate his openness, a chill goes through me when he says this.
While I understand someone working hard and looking out for their best interest... there is a line that has been crossed. Capitalism does not have to equal corporate greed. What about the Americans that lost their savings in 2008? You have old men and women that lost everything and had to go back to work in their 60's, meanwhile... those that f*cked up got bailed out and now are richer than ever. Tell me where the justice is in that??
@caribearkiss Well, welcome to reality, honey. the world is a ruthless place and unforgiving place. those poor devils who lost their wealth should've deliberated carefully before purchasing those toxic mortgage securities.Besides we had lotsa greedy folk who craved homes they couldn't afford and who naturally got fucked. Well, they asked for it,nobody forced them to sign the papers.This world is no utopia, natural selection is the only impartial justice.these fools deserved their demise.
@MetrazolElectricity AWWWWW He was middle class you say???? Went to University while working part time???? THERE ARE FUCKING ACTUAL ADULTS WHO HAVE WORKED 25+ YEARS TO HAVE A HOME AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING THEIR HOMES FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN WHICH THE BANKS CAUSED BUT IT'S OK BEAUSE YOU'RE WANKER OF A COUSIN'S BANK WANTS AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY JUST USE THE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AND STILL GET PAID!! Fuck you and you're cousin. Cheers Van!
@MetrazolElectricity AWWWWW He was middle class you say???? Went to University while working part time???? THERE ARE FUCKING ACTUAL ADULTS WHO HAVE WORKED 25+ YEARS TO HAVE A HOME AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING THEIR HOMES FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN WHICH THE BANKS CAUSED BUT IT'S OK BEAUSE YOU'RE WANKER OF A COUSIN'S BANK WANTS AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY JUST USE THE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AND STILL GET PAID!! Fuck you and you're cousin. Cheers Van!
@MetrazolElectricity AWWWWW He was middle class you say???? Went to University while working part time???? THERE ARE FUCKING ACTUAL ADULTS WHO HAVE WORKED 25+ YEARS TO HAVE A HOME AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING THEIR HOMES FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN WHICH THE BANKS CAUSED BUT IT'S OK BEAUSE YOU'RE WANKER OF A COUSIN'S BANK WANTS AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY JUST USE THE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AND STILL GET PAID!! Fuck you and you're cousin. Cheers Van!
@Pharoah7400 is a pretentious tosser who missed the part where hes got a BA in History and English at Cornell & his stance on gay marriage is let homosexuals have equal marriage rights So if you think he's wrong on that youre on the wrong side of the argument. Explain to me how one can be informed when all information out of the Israel/Palestine region is complete & utter propaganda from both sides? He's an atheist as am I and that religious conflict will never end why bother OH HE'S A COMEDIAN
@GoReds10FuckOff A gay man and a gay woman can walk into any courthouse and get married. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Gays don't want equal rights. The want SPECIAL RIGHTS--the right to redefine sacred institutions for everyone else. And Maher supports Israeli settlers and their criminal usurpation of Palestinian lands in the name of religious extremism. He's not that smart, just a very witty man with a second rate, short-term intellect. Chomsky is much smarter for a Leftist.
@Pharoah7400 This is off topic for the video but - last I saw there was "separation of church and state" in this country - since there are many legal benefits & necessities to protecting a family unit within the CONTRACT of marriage, that makes it a non-religious issue at it's legal core. They can call it whatever they want if the term 'marriage' to remain 'man-woman only', but gay men/women in dedicated relationships deserve the same LEGAL protections/privileges as any other family unit.
@LitheFider If dedicated relationships are the only criteria for government largesse, why not marry your best friend...or your mother...And government lives benefits to many private citizens. Farmers get subsidies, religious groups get subsidies...etc...Married people get subsidies b/c the union of one man and one woman for the purposes of child birth produces societies the hallmark of civilization. If gay people want some government recognition they need to create their own institutions.
@Pharoah7400 Gay marriage does not affect the marriage between a man and a woman. They will get their rights at some point. When you try to deny a people in this country the right to have a marriage (something that should be a right), you will lose. Just like every other group of people who have tried to take away rights from U.S. citizens before on the basis of a difference of any kind. To say marriage is sacred is a fucking joke. Straight people are the one's who make such a mockery of it.
@dfg93353 I dislike him as well are you gonna consider me a part of the establishment? Van Jones was special advisor for green jobs under Obama. If he was soooooo for the people who would have refused that position since Obama's ADMINISTRATION IS 98% WALL STREET ITSELF. I find it very comical people actually believe Jones plays on their side LMAOOOO this is really no different from those who believe Rush Limbough and Glen Beck are for them.
@MrMalcolm900 ... obama picked him to appease environmental activist who questioned his campaign. wall street HATES this man. have you read the fabrications they have written about him? how he is a marxist commie that wants to destroy american communism. If he is on their side why to they constantly demonize him as a far left wacko. if he was a corporate puppet he would still be in the obama admin cashing in like the rest of them.
@dfg93353 First off wall street is perdominately LIBERAL itself, thats not opinion but FACT and those attacks come from THE FAR RIGHT not wall street publications and trust me I read a lot of them and have not seen any acknowldge Van Jones at all. Wall Street journals mostly deal with monetary policy and the rise and fall of the stock market here in America and economies across the world. They very little mention anything dealing with politics and like I said Van Jones is a complete fraud.
@MrMalcolm900 if wanting super low taxes and massive deregulation is your def of liberal -__- the wsj always acknowledges jones. those bullshitters think the epa is killing the job market. how is van jones a fraud? id like to her a new conspiracy about him
@dfg93353 OK show me a wall street publication that has ever mentioned Van Jones, indox me the link or article. EPA is not killing the job market but it shouldn't be writing laws telling one how to live either, which can potentially kill jobs so I can agree with the idea that it kills jobs to a degree.
I became a HUGE Van Jones fan last night. Very honest, intelligent, and clear thinking individual. This clip here isn't even the tip of the ice berg of the topics he touched on on last night's show. Check out the whole episode when you get a chance!!
@vambo13257 You're the biggest dimwit i have ever met. You accuse me being a dimwit with out a constructive arguement. You spout shit like a total retarded idealist with no brain. Grow up little kid before some one blow your brains out.
@vambo13257 By the way. You've used what a normal troll would use. Not interesting. I havn't even seen anything new from your insult. Cmon man. If your a troll then troll who lives under the london bridge. BIG FOIG
@Rodney92 And what good does it do to have some naked concubines and smelly hippies crowd in wallstreet. The barons just look down from the 89th floor holding a glass of scotch, wearing fine-tailored suits and have a laugh .... AND THEY SHOULD! I'm wholeheartedly against these lazy thugs on the street who hate employed people, who hate job-creators. If they had the discipline and dedication to achieve their dreams, they'd been in those chambers of wealth and privilege
“With unemployment at nearly 11 percent and half of jobless people looking for work for six months or longer, we know that jobs are not readily available to absorb nearly 41,000 people leaving the state’s cash assistance safety net in October," said Gilda Jacobs, president of the Michigan League for Human Services. "The jobs just don’t exist. It will be a hard, hard winter for many of these families.’’
@Ccola3
Bush was the one who bailed out the banks in late '08 (TARP). Obama only bailed out the car companies in Detroit. And regardless of who it was, the bailout was necessary because ordinary Americans would have lost their money and suffered most. The OccupyWallStreetMovement is aimed at preventing those banks from earning record profits by fucking consumers right after those consumers bailed them out.
o123p 2 weeks ago
lol they think "they are getting kicked out of their homes." it's not YOUR home you fucking retards. you agreed to a mortgage that you couldn't fulfill. you deserve to be cleansed.
UltraProle21 4 weeks ago
@UltraProle21
Goldman Sachs bet that people wouldn't be able to fulfil the terms of their mortgage, people desperate to achieve independence agreed to mortgages that were in some cases fraudulent (not revealing the true terms) and in other cases based on predictions that required infinite growth of the economy. Our debt based economy collapses and the people that bet on it make stacks and achieve government positions - we have infinite liability, they have champagne.
gamerunknown 3 weeks ago
Sorry about the wall i just had to put shit in his place and if i hadn't done it right he'd of insisted on wasting everyones time (may still)
malanare 1 month ago
really? How about occupy the welfare office which created the gangbangers. How about occupy dept of education which created lousy programs. How about occupy the DEA along with the drug laws that screwed over 2 generations of blacks in this country.
ucf1999 1 month ago
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34 O WALL STREET, WALL STREET, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'
peterhabenichts 1 month ago
I have to be honest. I can't stand anyone who would replace our capitalism with socialism or communism. In order for us to remain FREE, we are going to have to start doing the right things as individuals! You, I'm proud to say, are not actually the 99% . You are probly around 10&. And compaired to the rest of the world, you are the 1%. Jones is using you to further his agenda.
taverned 2 months ago
@taverned First of all, it's not socialism, or communism. Having regulation isn't an afront to capitalism. Second, rights as individuals? What an ignorant cunt you are. What about the right to decent education, to proper living conditions, to socialy consistent trial? Do you have any idea what the poverty situation is like in America is like. Were talking about the freedom to exploit, to oppress. By your logic there should be no laws, why not make theft legal?
malanare 2 months ago
@malanare What a disgusting whiny pig you are. Right to education and living conditions? Where? Yet you idiots whine that we dont have a right to travel excusing the TSA. If you dont like where you live, work harder! Privilege, no?
How is having regulation helping companies like Apple or Microsoft? By forcing them to move to foreign countries where they can easily hire thousands of new workers without red tape.
Keep raising taxes, regulating business, and wonder why many are jobless.
JewsInUranus 1 month ago
@JewsInUranus Well so long as we're name calling you're a greasy cunt who fucks his mother and should kill himself. Second. I'm not whining, I have a great life. I just have compassion for others. Second work harder, yeah because that's all it takes right. Just work a little harder and all the private schools, tutors and ability to buy schoolbooks become redundant right. Third regulation saves an economy you stupid cunt. I'll tell you what i told the last retard who said this bullshit to me.
malanare 1 month ago
@JewsInUranus The problem is that when the richest citizens possess wealth they do one of three things. They put it in a bank where it festers, export it, or they purchase wants that require little retail and assembly meaning the wealth goes to other wealthy individuals.Since the money is no longer in the hands of the poor who spend it on goods that require retail and must supply in quantities relative their customers. Demand is removed, the jobs become redundant and the cycle worsens.
malanare 1 month ago
@JewsInUranus . Incidentally unregulated banks and business caused this recession, as did tax cuts for the rich. FACT. Tax cuts furthered the negative cycle and poor regulations aloud banks to bankrupt themselves and many others.
Oh and those companies go to third world countries because they’re THIRD WORLD RETARD, MEANS THEY HAVE LESS MONEY THAN FIRST WORLD CITICENS AND WILL WORK FOR LESS. There should be regulation on that too.
malanare 1 month ago
1 You are whining
2 If you dont like where you live, move. The government shouldnt be the first you cry to
3 Regulation didnt save the market crash
4 Money in the bank doesnt fester. Investments creates wealth. Isnt that what your overload keeps repeating?
5 Tax cuts help businessmen invest deeper in their business, not to buy ipods
6 Companies are forced to go to these countries because regulation cuts into their profits. Dont buy into Californias bullshit
Dumb fucking liberals.
JewsInUranus 1 month ago
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malanare 1 month ago
@JewsInUranus Oh and you say overlord but we've never even mentioned ANY left wing figures, more proof your a full of shit fanatic. You done wasting our time yet, there must be other ways you can embarress yourself.
malanare 1 month ago
@malanare wtf are you blabbering about? this video hosts one of the biggest left wing figures who are constantly trying to convince the masses that the rich, who are paying millions already, do not pay their fair share. it is regulation and subsidies that is keeping corporations powerful. remove government influence in corporations and you wont have corporatism. why did the bankers beg congress for a bail out? because theyre nicely paid pawns. keep blaming businesses and not congress.
JewsInUranus 1 month ago
@JewsInUranus Look you stupid cunt. I'm not whining just because you say I am, if anyone is it's the little bitch who dodges most of my points. Yes I have spent time helping the poor. Who helped them build it, duuhhhh I dun no the poor maybe. By doing the labor, and the purchasers, by buying the product. Provide some REASON for why regulation is keeping corporations powerful. oh and of course we're dealing with congress retard, that's why this fights politically fought retard
malanare 1 month ago
@JewsInUranus Yeah, I'm on the video. Doesn't mean I like him, you're on it too and clearly you don't (wow that's dumb even for you). But enough of this, to waste my time on you was a foolish move already. But now that you've proven unable to respond to my key points such as supply, and demand. I feel no more reason to waste my time on you. Since my need to debunk would take over i shan't even read your next spout of stupidity,
malanare 1 month ago
@JewsInUranus 1. No, learn to read. This isn't even about me retard I already said i live well.
2.With what money. They're poor genius.
3.No, but a lack of it caused it. Just look at the banks.
4.Yeah and investment does NOT generate demand an economy breaking fact you ignored.
5. See four, and yes it does. Just look at how much they invest compared to what a poor family spends %.
6. I already explained that retard they're third world, they'll be cheaper either way.
Dumb fucking cunts
malanare 1 month ago
@malanare are you stupid? youre whining on about the rich and the poor. How many poor people have you actually met? Have you even spent any time helping the poor?
Are you kidding about the investment part? Who helped all these businesses to build the shit youre using today? You think higher minimum wage or taxes is going to help the poor? Theyre moving to not pay $30 for a job not even worth $15, and if you tax them more, you will feel the cost. Do you not understand this little fact?
JewsInUranus 1 month ago
@taverned You sir, are correct!
Insidapc 1 month ago
Oh what a coincidence ... Bill Maher and Van Jones together on stage ...
Worthless P.O.S. Communists !
Thank you Glenn Beck for running this loser out of OUR Whitehouse !
roscoe85cj 3 months ago
@roscoe85cj
well
sounds like you got the "white-house" stuff all up your´s mate !
come on ... confess , you can not stand the President becuase he is Black ?
Right ?
GermanStraight1 2 months ago
@roscoe85cj
well
just got to think ...
Do NOT answer please ... I can´t stnd any more idiotic stuff !
THX
Brgds
GSO
GermanStraight1 2 months ago
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The rapes at OWS gives Van Jones’ “Bottom up… top down” a whole new meaning.
BarryDead 3 months ago
WE SHOULD Tale UP ARMS against the Banks, and evil corporations, and IF a few republicans and ALL of the coo-coo Tea party got taken out, The USA WOULD BE BETTER OFF!!!
stevenova74 3 months ago
I like most of what Maher is saying about the movement, but it seems he's trying to make it into another right vs. left issue when it's really a people vs. banks/government issue.
tonytr87 4 months ago
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Capitalism is the wage slavery of the working class in a politically manipulated, tyrannical MARKET SYSTEM OF ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY and distortions, to perpetuate wage-slavery/exploitation in the interest of the OWNING/RULING CLASS. A socio-economic modality of production for profit as the sole consideration with devastating consequences of perpetual war,enviornmental destructions,animal cruelty and sufffering a MINORITY IMPOSITION of fear,insecurity,devaluation and dehumanisation.
arzoyan 4 months ago
WE ARE 99%. Why do Americans vote against themselves.
Southaid 4 months ago 19
@Southaid
well
look at how heasy the "low information voter" , how easy these people are manipulated !
THATS why the powerfull LOVE them !
Brgds
GSO
GermanStraight1 2 months ago
What I don't get is why Van Jones says all this crap about Banks being horrible (which is mostly true) yet he and the rest of Obama's administration were the ones who bailed them out two years ago.
Ccola3 4 months ago 8
@Ccola3
Blame obama. do you have any idea how little power Van Jones had? he was the green energy guy in the white house. he didn't have shit to do with the economy. let alone even be allowed in the room for the wall street discussions.
chefawkes 4 months ago
@chefawkes still... he was part of the white house. You cannot come out and act like the banks are horrible when you are a part of the problem. I agree that Obama has more to do with it but still.
Ccola3 4 months ago
@Ccola3
there is no "still". if he had NOTHING to do with it. why can't he complain about it? just cuz he worked in the W.H? so did the janitor. is he part of the problem to? you laugh and say of course not. janitor had no influence in the decision making. well thats my point. neither did Van Jones, or a hundred other government employees. so how can you say Van was a part of the problem but not the janitor?
chefawkes 4 months ago
@chefawkes you have no damn idea what Van Jones did in the White House.. czars have no one to overlook them that is why there was such an outcry about all the corrupt czars
Ccola3 4 months ago
@Ccola3
his department was green jobs. that's all you need to know to understand he has absolutely nothing to do with wall street regulation or the bailouts. it's like blaming the cia director for the bailouts. does that make sense to you? tell me one thing. if you say we have no idea what Van did. why are you so quick to assume he had any influence with the wall street decisions. also, was the CIA director at fault for the bailouts too?
chefawkes 4 months ago
@chefawkes I said he was a part of the administration who gave the bailouts.. all of which is true
Ccola3 4 months ago
@Ccola3
the CIA director was part of the administration as well. so in your logic, you would blame the CIA director for the bailouts too?
chefawkes 4 months ago
@chefawkes
can't answer the last one can you ;) ya that's what i figured.
chefawkes 4 months ago
@Ccola3 Ok yes the banks are douchebags, but did anybody say a word when Bush did the first bailout. Yes it sad but Obama had to bailed those banks out because it would be a deperession people all over the world...not just here but global! Hell yes the bank dont give a damn but if you going to blame Obama for everything please look at Congress and The Senate before you blame Obama..I know everybody hates him but The Republican party is all about the wealthy continuing being wealthy at best
applesauce2100 3 months ago
@applesauce2100 I never said anything about blaming Obama for it... I was talking about how Van Jones being hypocritical
Ccola3 3 months ago
@Ccola3 That's how we found out how horrible they were. We gave them money to LOAN OUT and get the economy moviing. They took it all as bonuses. He actually explains it if you care to listen.
Mozart1220 4 months ago
@Ccola3
well
I guess one of the reasons He , Mr. van Jones is not any longer with the Obama Administration , maybe buried somewhere down there !
Maybe ...
Brgds
GSO
p.s. I do not think that Banks are horrible , I think more oversight , like in the past , would be the answer ... again america , look NORTH !
Canada did NOT deregulate to the extend the US did and they came out fine !
GermanStraight1 2 months ago
@GermanStraight1 I agree I do not think banks are as evil as many try to make them out to be, however, as you mentioned, more oversight is necessary. A system of checks and balances wouldn't hurt either.
Ccola3 2 months ago
@Ccola3
well
gee ... THX !
sounds like that not everybody is crazy on U-Tube !
And I thought , I was the only "normal" guy here :-))) hahaha ...
have a good one !
Brgds
GSO
GermanStraight1 2 months ago
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Ccola3 4 months ago
Common sense.solidarity,ethics,intelligence
marcleo1411 4 months ago
To those that believe Van Jones is a Communist: he's not a Communist, piss off.
eduardoroca1991 4 months ago
I'm starting to think Glenn Beck is right about Van Jones...
mp40Furth 4 months ago
The more i watch Bill Maher, the less respect i have for him. He believes that the republican party is for the rich, but fails to mention that the democratic party is for elitist and rich celebraties like himself who base there believes on tellling people what to do and dictating peoples lifes the way the left see fit. Bill Maher is full of crap and he appeals to the morons who can't put 2 and 2 together while making him richer. OCW, Maher part of the 1%, go protest on his front lawn.
LastLaugh22 4 months ago
@LastLaugh22 My thoughts exactly.
MrMalcolm900 4 months ago
@LastLaugh22
How is Maher benefiting from supporting the people who are attacking wall street?
"believes on tellling people what to do and dictating peoples lifes the way the left see fit."
It's "beliefs" and "lives".
chefawkes 4 months ago
Dudes....seriously.....A corrupt oligarchy is not Capitalism, it never was. Bailouts and "too big to fail"...this is capitalism?? Massive subsidies for agriculture and manufacturing??? Minimal government investment in economic infrastructure (where every other country recognises public health care as essential economic infrastructure)??? Wall Street is the scene of the crime, but the I think the protesters just want them to actually read "Wealth of Nations" and apply it.
mcnesta80 4 months ago
VAN JONES = COWARD
glassandroid 4 months ago
Van Jones haters can get fucked.
tobreakcustom 4 months ago
Excuse me ...the man is a communist. Since when is communism OK in America. What is so American about it. Since when was communism associated with the dream. I always thought free enterprise was the dream. Not make it so they can take it. I made mine selling tye-dyes out of the trunk of my car. I liked keeping my money and choosing when and where to give my money away. The loss of freedom hard won to those who want to spend my money sickens me. We are the middle class.
MrsPossumly 4 months ago
are you sure he is a communist or are you exaggerating it a bit and he is actually a light hearted socialist?
scienceatheism 4 months ago
@MrsPossumly Wtf communism? What's so un-american about equal taxes for all? What's so un-american about not letting corporate giants ruin the economy because of their moves? Like @caribearkiss said, capitalism does not have to equal corporate greed.
ilinaeternity 4 months ago
@MrsPossumly Since when were dissident ideas not ok in America. Well, since the Cold War I guess, but that's not the point. Point is, noone should be labelled un-American for professing a minority opinion. Point two is, communism is a rebellion against capitalism. This is a rebellion against a corrupt oligarchy, capitalists and communists should be allies against a greater enemy here, just like in WW2.
mcnesta80 4 months ago
Herman Cain is a muslim.
PhilipPorter 4 months ago
Ha, why is Bill Maher even talking about this? He IS the 1%.
GhostRavenCM 4 months ago in playlist Occupy Wall Street
You mis-spelled occupy
cromagnan 4 months ago
here form brazil!!! Jesus the co-founder of the REBUILD THE DREAM , VAN JONES , IS VEEERRY HOOOOT. ABOUT the subject, AMERICANS WAKE UP AND FIGHT KEEP ON REAL FIGHT ALWAYS TO SAVE YOUR NATIONS... but he´s damn hot!
countingtotheend 4 months ago
how does greed really help u.s. citizens, anyone can become rich and wealthy and successful its possible. but those who achieve such success and power are always to scared to lose it. therefor it leads to them making decisions in favor of themselves, and this can only lead to a bad economy, bad politics, bad policies the list goes on. everyone has there hand out on wall street its all for the taking. but when you take and dont give back well ya you can figure that out i hope.
pandaman77 4 months ago
Shouldn't Anonymous target the real problem? The Internet? It puts us out of jobs through automation. IT guys put themselves out of jobs through automation as well. Why hire someone to sell a house, write a newspaper, sell music or DVDs, build a website or get a billboard when you can do everything for free on the net?
EpiquestGame 4 months ago
Van Jones is corporate backed!!! Just another corporate crony.
centerM87 4 months ago
Van Jones is one of our future leaders.
UsedNewsToday 4 months ago
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Wow, they are really keeping this on the down low...Post on everything you can.
royalblowno 4 months ago
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royalblowno 4 months ago
Wow, they are really keeping this on the down low...Post on everything you can.
royalblowno 4 months ago
Wow, they are really keeping this on the down low...Post on everything you can.
royalblowno 4 months ago
the sheep are being led to slaughter, and they think it's cool.
captquest1 4 months ago
This is absolutely the best show I have ever seen from Bill Maher. At last, we 99% have somewhere to unite to express our desires - heaven knows our senators and representatives have deserted us. Thank you!!! And as for the anti-Christ? He's come and gone. That's why the country's in the shape it's in. His name was Ronald Reagan.
rmb632 4 months ago
This is absolutely the best show I have ever seen from Bill Maher. At last, we 99% have somewhere to unite the express our desires - heaven knows our senators and representatives have deserted us. Thank you!!! And as for the anti-Christ? He's come and gone. That's why the country's in the shape it's in. His name was Ronald Reagan.
rmb632 4 months ago
What is interesting to note, from some of the comments below, how many blame the government, you must realize that the government is big business, just look very closely at the congress who they and how they are being financed, including the President, his election campaign was the most expensive in american history , about 250-300 million dollars, and now look who payed, from there most of you will know what really the problem is. Thank you for reading it
VikingClaw 4 months ago
6 month ago this progressive liberal Was telling us that Americans are like homer simpson. Now he's proving it right. With occupy wall street. He now has All his Simpsons on the march. Listen to the interviews with the protesters. They're lost confused following each other like a herd of cattle most don't know why is there is there?. They represent the prograssive marxist liberals or homers as there leaders like to call them. this guy could only work in the white house under obama.
kennysboat6 4 months ago
It literally baffles me that the blame is totally on the right wing. How can no one see what's staring you directly in the face. GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM. I'm anarchist, but you lefties and righties both want the exact same thing - government power. One wants government to help business, the other wants government to help the poor. How about government shouldn't help anyone? These banksters would have already been punished had we not bailed them out.
munkyusm 4 months ago
Maeher and Jones for President in 12'. ....yea, buck that Obama guy.
Jeffersonwazright 4 months ago
WE NEED NEW LAWS THAT PROTECT US FROM OUR CITY,STATE AND GOVERNMENT....AS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LAWS TO PROTECT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM THE U.S. PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT THE KIDS ARE OUR FUTURE....WHY DONT WE START TO VOTE THE OLD GOATS OUT AND THE KIDS OF THE FUTURE INTO GOVERNMENT NOW!!! THATS WHY WE ARE NEVER GOING TO GET ANYWHERE WITH THESE OLD GOATS WHO ARE RUINNING OUR COUNTRY AND THEY PROTECT WALL STREET AND THEIR RICH FRIENDS.OUR RIGHTS ARE GOING DOWN THE DRAIN HERE!
crookedchristitaxus 4 months ago
suck an aids infested cock maher,,,,,you fucking hack
rocketman6464 4 months ago
@rocketman6464 I am glad you are not on our side...Please stay with your group.
Jeffersonwazright 4 months ago
i would die a happy man if Van Jones and Bill Maher were both infected with cancerous,bleeding rectal warts that eat their assholes ----inside out...and leave them to die long....slow deaths
rocketman6464 4 months ago
@rocketman6464 Guarantee you're a Christian
94Cioppa 4 months ago
How the fuck is Bill gonna put this all on the republicans. (OF WHICH IM NOT ONE) If people buy into this shit they gotta be trippppppin.
gelberd 4 months ago
@gelberd Bill gives Obama and the Dems shit too. He just knows the Reps are bigger targets for comedy. Seriously, watch Real Time more often- he goes after the Dems a lot.
Jeffersonwazright 4 months ago
Van Jones is a lying dick and Bill Maher is a big ass so they need to go fuck each other!And Obama is the one that keeps giving the banks money so go talk to hem!!
RecklessTruth 4 months ago
Hey Bill Maher, it's not about left and right you fucking divider.
esopxe 4 months ago
These people knew what they were doing, they tricked people into more debt, then eliminated any means to pay such debt, and further forced them from their homes. Just to make a buck and push more people into slavery. WTG land of the free...
RaverGIJoe 4 months ago
Wow.. I can't believe how blind and deaf some people are. You really think people just bought houses they couldn't pay for? I tried to buy a house during that period and guess what.. my credit was fine. I just didn't make enough money(luckily for me). It's not like they just handed out loans to anyone. The problem is they sold those loans (multiple times) doubling peoples mortgages. And at the same time cut peoples jobs forcing them to spend any savings and now find work at a fraction of a price
RaverGIJoe 4 months ago
Didnt Jones get kicked off of team Obama? Does that mean Obama was good in the begining or that they felt he was too hot for them?
Jeffersonwazright 4 months ago
99% of Americans don't buy the lie that socialism really works.
Natassia4321 4 months ago
Occuby? That isn't even a typo.
QualityTimeChannel 4 months ago
My Momma Says Obama', aims to refocus attention to the restoration of the American Dream that was once a possibility for all, but was stolen by years of selfish politics. The American Dream is the umbrella for a variety of themes including the demise of the Peace Movement, our militaristic foreign policy, urban violence, and our growing environmental crisis.
thunderbirdscarlett 4 months ago 4
Bad loans were issued, foolish people grabbing for a small piece of the American dream stupudly took them. Stupidity and greed are not the same. To say peopke trying to get a sliver, a piece of the pie is again dismisdive and allowing the theives who got rich off the initial loans off the hook. They DELIBERSTELY created loans they knew would eventually default but they also knew in that sunrise moment THEY would make a fortune. Ans u have nerve to call hopefuls at home ownership greedy? Fck u
womanspirit1 4 months ago
Occupy wall is a very young group with a few theatrical types but it is becoming old people, unions everyone. Saying they are all smelly hippies is a lame attempt to be dismissive.
womanspirit1 4 months ago 9
Metrozolelectricity, grow up, wake up .....your cousin is a cfo or ceo for Goldman Sachs or Bank of America? Didn't think so. You are missing the point. And the people who ran their corporations into the ground have been rewarded with mega millions in pay and bonuses while the loans to stimulate small business or create jobs....didn't happen. That $ is essentially lining the wallets of the people who screwed up to begin with. Or in offshore accts. NIKE ceo made 85% more last year via slave labor
womanspirit1 4 months ago
My cousin is an investment banker on wallstreet ... he goes to work at 7 am and comes back 3am. This routine continues over the weekend. If he's making a lot of money then he deserves it.... he came out of the middle-class, graduated ivy league on scholarship while working part-time in the cafeteria, so I think he deserves his wealth. Whereas you lazy hippies just want to sit around and do nothing and then as for everything... losers.
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity AWWWWW He was middle class you say???? Went to University while working part time???? THERE ARE FUCKING ACTUAL ADULTS WHO HAVE WORKED 25+ YEARS TO HAVE A HOME AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING THEIR HOMES FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN WHICH THE BANKS CAUSED BUT IT'S OK BEAUSE YOU'RE WANKER OF A COUSIN'S BANK WANTS AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY JUST USE THE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AND STILL GET PAID!! Fuck you and you're cousin. Cheers Van!
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heylookurdead 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity AWWWWW He was middle class you say???? Went to University while working part time???? THERE ARE FUCKING ACTUAL ADULTS WHO HAVE WORKED 25+ YEARS TO HAVE A HOME AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING THEIR HOMES FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN WHICH THE BANKS CAUSED BUT IT'S OK BEAUSE YOU'RE WANKER OF A COUSIN'S BANK WANTS AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY JUST USE THE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AND STILL GET PAID!! Fuck you and you're cousin. Cheers Van!
heylookurdead 4 months ago
@heylookurdead lol , I think it was utterly the fault of those myopic idiots who didn't have enough money for a home but had a greed to own one. In their lust for property, they took out loans which later turned out to be faulty. Now they are out on the streets and protesting against greed on wallstreet. Personally, I have no sympathy for such hypocritical vermin. I'm almost moved to gloat in their misery. If they'd actually worked hard, applied themselves, they'd have succeeded in life. period.
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity your just a casual youtube purveyor, who is completely ignorant of the situation to which applies to the content of this video. Yet you talk like your a cetified veteran of the entire debacle. Your an ignorant, disconnected narrowminded fool. it is however your right to say it, but dont expect anyone to take what you say as anything with merit or rational thought.
pandaman77 4 months ago
@pandaman77 Au contraire, those hoodlums who are marinating on the streets of nyc are oblivious to the situation. I'm a senior student of economics so I do have some say on the matter. I think that sure there was some form of sly deception in the mortgage securities of the pre-08 period. But remember, nothing strictly illegal was done. If these knuckleheads had any competency in simple understanding of APRs,time value of money, read the fine print, they wouldn't have screwed themselves over.
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity What about the fact that 73% of trading on the stock market was done by HFT, by computers, or that the Fed is owned by five or six major banks, what about all the corruption, your must have gone to university and been brain washed if you can't see the debt is unpayable and no matter how much the government cuts back we will have to change the system because it will collapse.What about the 600 trillion of fake ''bets'' floating around the system, that could also collapse it?
RussMaxable 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity your wrong, its that simple, the banks sent each other e-mails calling the loans ''shit'', they knew exactly what they where doing, if it is legal, then it should not of been, just like anything that can collapse the whole system again, you will bail them out this time? nearly every advanced economy is broke, it is impossible, the size of the lie is just being revealed now, as the Eurozone fails, as everyone starts to default and the shock waves go into the flawed system.
RussMaxable 4 months ago
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@MetrazolElectricity your wrong, its that simple, the banks sent each other e-mails calling the loans ''shit'', they knew exactly what they where doing, if it is legal, then it should not of been, just like anything that can collapse the whole system again, you will bail them out this time? nearly every advanced economy is broke, it is impossible, the size of the lie is just being revealed now, as the Eurozone fails, as everyone starts to default and the shock waves go into the flawed system.
RussMaxable 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity well wall street banker whose in their bubble filled with hey if you can take advantage of people and get away with it, cause it doesnt affect them in the long run gas go. go troll somewhere else
pandaman77 4 months ago
@pandaman77 an analyst/associate's job is to follow the commands of the big guys to the hilt, you idiot. he doesn't frame company strategy or policy... you people are illiterate to the things you hate. bob dylan once said "don't criticize what you cant understand"... he forgot to end it with ",you little left-wing shit"
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
@pandaman77 an analyst/associate's job is to follow the commands of the big guys to the hilt, you idiot. he doesn't frame company strategy or policy... you people are illiterate to the things you hate. bob dylan once said "don't criticize what you cant understand"... he forgot to end it with ",you little left-wing shit"
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity this convo is over since you had to resort to misdirection to keep it going, since you cant address the points i bring up then ive won the arguement and that means your wrong.
pandaman77 4 months ago
@pandaman77 left-wing street urchin... if its more money you want just go find work. why are you holding up your hands? ok, i'll give you $5 to shut your racket, pack your bags and go home.
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity people like you are the reason humanity is on the decline... stop trying to prove your worth a damn, no one cares. I just hope you realise this for your sake. save the five bucks were in a recession your gonna need that.
pandaman77 4 months ago
@pandaman77 what the fuck you talking about? If it weren't for productive members of society like me then you wouldn't have your computer or internet. It takes people with ruthless unforgiving determination and competitiveness to succeed and these leftist pansies just want a free lunch from wallstreet. And fuck $5 man, I buy hundreds worth apparel from Ralph Lauren, Vineyard Vines etc. My parents are doctors and I've already got a job offer from a consulting firm. Life is good. Recession my ass
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity the context of your life has no place in the debate about wall street, no one cares if you buy ralph lauren or if you call yourself lauren. How about you stop trying to smokescreen the fact that you cant add intelligently to the topic of debate. All you want to do is spout off posturative bullshit, get down to real facts and proof or get out of the debate. if your so successful and so smart and so awesome prove it with facts, not your ego.
pandaman77 4 months ago
@pandaman77 lol you advised me to save my $5 hence I told you that I really don't have to. And this evasive bullshit make-a-point make-a-point , man I've seen a thousand hacks just like you use these cowardly tactics. You couldn't see a point if it was infront of your lazy face. I've already declaimed that in this land of opportunity, any man can scale the highest corporate mountain if he works hard. If you hate America so much, go to Africa or some other shithole and try to protest there
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity ego ego ego is that the only place you find inspiration for typing a comment? and if you really were as successful as you say you wouldnt be debating with what you call a nobody on youtube. and since you claim to have seen thousands of people like me that means your even more of a deadbeat than you claim i am. you must have earned your stripes trolling here on youtube good job sir. i see why your so successful as you claim.
pandaman77 4 months ago
@pandaman77 Ego is the driving force behind this tomfoolery that the left is staging in wall street. Just a group of lazy attention-seekers who don't have the spark in their competitive spirit to succeed in life. Don't waste my time further, sloth.
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity ive known people who have had this "spark" in their spirit to succeed yet because of how greedy wallstreet and coporations can be, she was forced to forget her competitive spirit. the reason for this is simple. colleges, just like wall street, are greedy to the point she(along with millions of others) cant afford to go through college and be stuck with a shit load of loans. So ya if the world wasnt so greedy, anyone could indeed become just as successful as wallstreet.
pandaman77 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity the ignorant bubble you live in, where everything in the world is so black and white, suits you very nicely dont ever leave it.
pandaman77 4 months ago
@pandaman77 In college, I knew a kid from Zimbabwe who when he came to this country for an education on scholarship hardly had enough money for shampoo, right now he's working in Goldman Sachs. He worked furiously like 14hour-study days, prepared thoroughly for interviews, made contacts by himself and succeeded. If some with that kinda initial disadvantage can make on wall street, US citizens with our first world benefits can. You guys just don't have passion and creativity...You can't be helped
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity this is the problem, your to in love with wall street. since your part of this love affair, your weakness is this and it forces you to defend somnething youve been raised to believe is good. saying anyone can become successful isnt the point, no ones jealous of anyone on wall street, wall street is a toxic partner in its relationship with u.s citizens. sure you can point to individual things wall street does good, but why would anyone want to become like wall street, greedy.
pandaman77 4 months ago
@pandaman77 On the contrary, most of those indolent vegetables protesting are absolutely burning with jealousy.I assure you if a genie game any one of them the choice: wallstreet reforms that fix all problems of inequity OR billion dollars for them and status quo; they'd pick the latter. Anyway, you're making bogus assumptions like "raised to believe is good"...Yeah at 4 years,kids rhyme "twinkle twinkle little star,i hope the rich win the class war" ... whatever,man. You're just prejudiced.
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
@MetrazolElectricity its funny that you choose the parts of my comment where i "prejudged" you to respond to, instead of addressing the real overall point of my comment. good job you must be keep your ADD under control. just admit wall street does far less good than bad for this country at the moment. wall street is like a con artist, they will say and do whatevers necessary to get money.
pandaman77 4 months ago
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caribearkiss 4 months ago
I suggest you watch this video of a day trader on BBCNews: watch?v=AQn-uDq78-A&feature=share
He outright says that he has been dreaming for three years about a recession... they WANT a recession because if you play your cards right you can make a lot of money off of it. It happened with the depression. His other quote: "Governments don't rule the world... Goldman Sachs rules the world." While I appreciate his openness, a chill goes through me when he says this.
caribearkiss 4 months ago
While I understand someone working hard and looking out for their best interest... there is a line that has been crossed. Capitalism does not have to equal corporate greed. What about the Americans that lost their savings in 2008? You have old men and women that lost everything and had to go back to work in their 60's, meanwhile... those that f*cked up got bailed out and now are richer than ever. Tell me where the justice is in that??
caribearkiss 4 months ago
@caribearkiss Well, welcome to reality, honey. the world is a ruthless place and unforgiving place. those poor devils who lost their wealth should've deliberated carefully before purchasing those toxic mortgage securities.Besides we had lotsa greedy folk who craved homes they couldn't afford and who naturally got fucked. Well, they asked for it,nobody forced them to sign the papers.This world is no utopia, natural selection is the only impartial justice.these fools deserved their demise.
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
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@MetrazolElectricity AWWWWW He was middle class you say???? Went to University while working part time???? THERE ARE FUCKING ACTUAL ADULTS WHO HAVE WORKED 25+ YEARS TO HAVE A HOME AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING THEIR HOMES FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN WHICH THE BANKS CAUSED BUT IT'S OK BEAUSE YOU'RE WANKER OF A COUSIN'S BANK WANTS AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY JUST USE THE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AND STILL GET PAID!! Fuck you and you're cousin. Cheers Van!
heylookurdead 4 months ago
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@MetrazolElectricity AWWWWW He was middle class you say???? Went to University while working part time???? THERE ARE FUCKING ACTUAL ADULTS WHO HAVE WORKED 25+ YEARS TO HAVE A HOME AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING THEIR HOMES FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN WHICH THE BANKS CAUSED BUT IT'S OK BEAUSE YOU'RE WANKER OF A COUSIN'S BANK WANTS AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY JUST USE THE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AND STILL GET PAID!! Fuck you and you're cousin. Cheers Van!
heylookurdead 4 months ago
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@MetrazolElectricity AWWWWW He was middle class you say???? Went to University while working part time???? THERE ARE FUCKING ACTUAL ADULTS WHO HAVE WORKED 25+ YEARS TO HAVE A HOME AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING THEIR HOMES FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN WHICH THE BANKS CAUSED BUT IT'S OK BEAUSE YOU'RE WANKER OF A COUSIN'S BANK WANTS AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY JUST USE THE CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AND STILL GET PAID!! Fuck you and you're cousin. Cheers Van!
heylookurdead 4 months ago
Bill Maher is only informed when he talks about socio-economics. He's an idiot when he talks about things like Israel-Palestine or Gay marriage.
Pharoah7400 4 months ago
@Pharoah7400 is a pretentious tosser who missed the part where hes got a BA in History and English at Cornell & his stance on gay marriage is let homosexuals have equal marriage rights So if you think he's wrong on that youre on the wrong side of the argument. Explain to me how one can be informed when all information out of the Israel/Palestine region is complete & utter propaganda from both sides? He's an atheist as am I and that religious conflict will never end why bother OH HE'S A COMEDIAN
GoReds10FuckOff 4 months ago
@GoReds10FuckOff A gay man and a gay woman can walk into any courthouse and get married. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Gays don't want equal rights. The want SPECIAL RIGHTS--the right to redefine sacred institutions for everyone else. And Maher supports Israeli settlers and their criminal usurpation of Palestinian lands in the name of religious extremism. He's not that smart, just a very witty man with a second rate, short-term intellect. Chomsky is much smarter for a Leftist.
Pharoah7400 4 months ago
@Pharoah7400 This is off topic for the video but - last I saw there was "separation of church and state" in this country - since there are many legal benefits & necessities to protecting a family unit within the CONTRACT of marriage, that makes it a non-religious issue at it's legal core. They can call it whatever they want if the term 'marriage' to remain 'man-woman only', but gay men/women in dedicated relationships deserve the same LEGAL protections/privileges as any other family unit.
LitheFider 4 months ago
@LitheFider If dedicated relationships are the only criteria for government largesse, why not marry your best friend...or your mother...And government lives benefits to many private citizens. Farmers get subsidies, religious groups get subsidies...etc...Married people get subsidies b/c the union of one man and one woman for the purposes of child birth produces societies the hallmark of civilization. If gay people want some government recognition they need to create their own institutions.
Pharoah7400 4 months ago
@Pharoah7400 Gay marriage does not affect the marriage between a man and a woman. They will get their rights at some point. When you try to deny a people in this country the right to have a marriage (something that should be a right), you will lose. Just like every other group of people who have tried to take away rights from U.S. citizens before on the basis of a difference of any kind. To say marriage is sacred is a fucking joke. Straight people are the one's who make such a mockery of it.
GoReds10FuckOff 4 months ago
It's so funny how the establishment hates this man. It proves they are afraid of him.
dfg93353 4 months ago 26
@dfg93353 I dislike him as well are you gonna consider me a part of the establishment? Van Jones was special advisor for green jobs under Obama. If he was soooooo for the people who would have refused that position since Obama's ADMINISTRATION IS 98% WALL STREET ITSELF. I find it very comical people actually believe Jones plays on their side LMAOOOO this is really no different from those who believe Rush Limbough and Glen Beck are for them.
MrMalcolm900 4 months ago
@MrMalcolm900 ... obama picked him to appease environmental activist who questioned his campaign. wall street HATES this man. have you read the fabrications they have written about him? how he is a marxist commie that wants to destroy american communism. If he is on their side why to they constantly demonize him as a far left wacko. if he was a corporate puppet he would still be in the obama admin cashing in like the rest of them.
dfg93353 4 months ago
@dfg93353 First off wall street is perdominately LIBERAL itself, thats not opinion but FACT and those attacks come from THE FAR RIGHT not wall street publications and trust me I read a lot of them and have not seen any acknowldge Van Jones at all. Wall Street journals mostly deal with monetary policy and the rise and fall of the stock market here in America and economies across the world. They very little mention anything dealing with politics and like I said Van Jones is a complete fraud.
MrMalcolm900 4 months ago
@MrMalcolm900 if wanting super low taxes and massive deregulation is your def of liberal -__- the wsj always acknowledges jones. those bullshitters think the epa is killing the job market. how is van jones a fraud? id like to her a new conspiracy about him
dfg93353 4 months ago
@dfg93353 OK show me a wall street publication that has ever mentioned Van Jones, indox me the link or article. EPA is not killing the job market but it shouldn't be writing laws telling one how to live either, which can potentially kill jobs so I can agree with the idea that it kills jobs to a degree.
MrMalcolm900 4 months ago
I became a HUGE Van Jones fan last night. Very honest, intelligent, and clear thinking individual. This clip here isn't even the tip of the ice berg of the topics he touched on on last night's show. Check out the whole episode when you get a chance!!
UltrasoundTunes 4 months ago
@UltrasoundTunes He is a moron!!
vambo13257 4 months ago
@vambo13257 have u ever thought ur self as a moron :D
loloioi 4 months ago
@loloioi No dimweed, jones has spent whole life living off of numbskulls like you!
vambo13257 4 months ago
@vambo13257 You're the biggest dimwit i have ever met. You accuse me being a dimwit with out a constructive arguement. You spout shit like a total retarded idealist with no brain. Grow up little kid before some one blow your brains out.
loloioi 4 months ago
@loloioi Learn the english language, you knuckle dragging loser! No wonder you love Jones, because you are both frauds!
vambo13257 4 months ago
@vambo13257 Sigh... Try harder. -Yawn-
loloioi 4 months ago
@loloioi What is your mouth open for? We all know!!
vambo13257 4 months ago
@vambo13257 By the way. You've used what a normal troll would use. Not interesting. I havn't even seen anything new from your insult. Cmon man. If your a troll then troll who lives under the london bridge. BIG FOIG
loloioi 4 months ago
They're at the scene of the crime. Good way to put it.
Rodney92 4 months ago 29
@Rodney92 And what good does it do to have some naked concubines and smelly hippies crowd in wallstreet. The barons just look down from the 89th floor holding a glass of scotch, wearing fine-tailored suits and have a laugh .... AND THEY SHOULD! I'm wholeheartedly against these lazy thugs on the street who hate employed people, who hate job-creators. If they had the discipline and dedication to achieve their dreams, they'd been in those chambers of wealth and privilege
MetrazolElectricity 4 months ago
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The 99% Revolution!
13jamiebee 4 months ago
The 99% Revolution!
13jamiebee 4 months ago
“With unemployment at nearly 11 percent and half of jobless people looking for work for six months or longer, we know that jobs are not readily available to absorb nearly 41,000 people leaving the state’s cash assistance safety net in October," said Gilda Jacobs, president of the Michigan League for Human Services. "The jobs just don’t exist. It will be a hard, hard winter for many of these families.’’
tlchimes 4 months ago
I am the 99%
CarlaMills 4 months ago
i am reminded of a very famous quote from the queen of hearts.....
mrshawk92 4 months ago
Van Jones is a crybaby!
vambo13257 4 months ago
@vambo13257 And you are a hater.
bintalshamsa 4 months ago
@bintalshamsa What a cliche, I do hate what this fool wants to do to my country and you are an idiot!
vambo13257 4 months ago
@vambo13257 That doesnt make any sense unless you are a banker wasting time/being a crybaby on YouTube
fashionista16 4 months ago 2
@vambo13257 You are a person who cries cry baby! so stop whining.
shawnoodles 4 months ago